The department’s research focus is expressed in our research projects as well as in the topics for dissertation, bachelor and master theses. Current focal points are:

• Further development of landscape planning instruments in terms of content and methodology,
• Current and future development of landscapes, i. a. in the context of climate change, energy system transformation and societal changes
• Impacts of climate change on biodiversity, nature conservation and planning
• Relevance of digitization for nature conservation and landscape/environmental planning
• Relevance of sufficiency strategies for nature conservation, including the effects of everyday behavourial patterns on landscapes
• Landscapes as objects of reflection of unsustainable lifestyles
• Importance of urban green for human health and ecosystem services
• Management quality of national parks